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Ancona
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ancona
English
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thumb|Ancona province
Etymology
From en it Ancona, from en la Ancōna, from la ancōn curve, elbow.
Proper noun
en Q16114en province r/Marche c/Italy.
en Q3415en port city/and/comune/capital p:pref/Ancona *and of the r:pref:also/Marche c/Italy.
en small town in the Shire:pref/Mansfield s/Victoria c/Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
en locality co/Clearwater County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Reading co/Livingston County s/Illinois c/USA, named after Ancona, Italy.
Derived terms
en Anconan
Translations
city, province
Armenian: hy Անկոնա
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 安科納
French: fr Ancône
Georgian: ka ანკონა
Greek: el Ανκόνα f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀγκών f
Hindi: hi अनकोना
Italian: it Ancona f
Japanese: ja アンコーナ
Korean: ko 안코나
Latin: la Ancōn f, la Ancōna f
Marathi: mr आंकोना
Polish: pl Ankona f
Portuguese: pt Ancona f
Russian: ru Анко́на f
Slovene: sl Jakin
Turkish: tr Ancona
Noun
A breed of poultry.
In all but colouring, the Ancona is a very similar bird to the Leghorn. It was imported from Italy probably some years before the latter. See ref. p.43.
Derived terms
en Ancobar
Translations
breed of poultry
Marathi: mr आंकोना
References
1962: C. Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)
en Chickens
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it la Ancōna, from la ancōn curve, elbow, due to the form of the cape where the city was founded.
Pronunciation
Ancóna<audio:It-Ancona.ogg>
Proper noun
f
it Ancona Q16114,Q3415
the letter A in the Italian spelling alphabet
Derived terms
it anconetano, it anconitano
Latin
Proper noun
Ancōna<1.loc>
la @alt form:Ancōn city in the modern r:pref/Marche c/Italy
la New Latin la province r/Marche c/Italy
Declension
Ancōna<1.loc>
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt An co na
Proper noun
pt Ancona Q16114,Q3415